It's late when I get home, but the lights are still on in A-Niang's room. Are you waiting for me?

I knocked softly on the door: "Auntie, are you sleeping?" ”

"I'm back." A-Niang opened the door and looked at me: "Have you eaten wine?" ”

"Hmm." I replied honestly.

"Wash up and go to sleep. I'm going to make tofu tomorrow. ”

"Okay."

I was lying in bed after washing, but I couldn't sleep again. I thought that after finding out the accident case today, I could relax, but I didn't expect Mu Niangzi to suddenly make such an unbelievable move towards that Li Huichun.

Mu Niangzi......

Li Jianghu, Li Jianghu, since you met her, you are hopeless.

But in the end, I was still tired, and I slept soundly all night.

When I got up in the morning, everything was still the same, and Ah Niang handed me the boiled bean curd, and I wanted to stop talking.

"What's wrong, A-Niang?" I felt that she was too silent, and a person who suddenly changed sex must have something on her mind.

A-Niang sighed and looked up at the fence: "Jianghu, look, is that butterfly beautiful?" ”

I also noticed a red and yellow butterfly landing on the fence wall, stretching its wings in the morning glow, and the morning glory next to it raised its purple-red trumpet, as if playing a welcome song.

"Beautiful." I replied without thinking.

"Then do you want to grab it and keep it?" A-Niang asked again.

I was putting the flat shoulder into the rope carrying the tofu box, and when I heard A-Niang ask, I was stunned: "Raise it?" What do I do with a butterfly? ”

"Yes, there are some things in this world that are like this, they look beautiful and people like them, but they are only for appreciation, not possession. Because you simply can't stand on the same level as her, you don't have the ability to fit into her life, you don't know how to feed her at all. In the end, you are tired, and she has lost her original brilliance. ”

I looked at Ah Niang in surprise, why did she suddenly say such profound words?

"Uh...... A-Niang, you ...... Are you talking about butterflies, or are you talking about people? "I think she must be hinting at something, and she seems to have guessed something since I went out last night, and after a night of deep thought, she can't help but talk about butterflies.

"You know who I'm talking about." Ah Niang's eyes finally fell on me again: "You are also older, and you always have your own ideas about some things." Although I am your mother, I don't want you to take 'obey' as a way to be filial to me.

However, there are some things I have to say: Jiajia is what I grew up watching, I know the roots, except for the scar on her face, which is not very good-looking, she is really good in all aspects, she will take good care of you and live a good life. ”

My whole body trembled: "Oh, A-Niang, you are here again." This early morning ......"

"Listen to me!" A-Niang glared at me: "I know you don't like Jiajia, I have figured it out, and I won't match you anymore, but I also hope that you can find a lady who can live a down-to-earth life like Jiajia." We are all ordinary people, like those dignitaries, golden branches and jade leaves, we can't climb high, and we can't afford to toss. ”

Of course I understand what A-Niang means, as the saying goes, "A son is better than a mother", and I am afraid that she will already know it with a little caution.

"Is A-Niang talking about Mu Niangzi?" I don't think it's better to be explicit.

A-Niang nodded: "I went to inquire, Mu Niangzi, whose maiden name is Xian'er, suddenly appeared at the Jianghu Inn at the end of March." It's better to provoke a woman like this who is unknown. The most that can be done with her is business dealings. ”

"A-Niang, you think too much, I just send her tofu every day, what can I do with her?"

"Didn't you go on a date with her yesterday?"

"Who did A-Niang listen to?"

Jiajia said. Did Mrs. Mu give you a piece of pure white silk handkerchief? You secretly took it out and looked at it several times yesterday. Jiajia is sure that it is Mu Niangzi. ”

"A-Niang said this?" I took out two handkerchiefs: "This black one was given by Mrs. Mu and used for my autopsy." I picked up this ice silk handkerchief, and I've been hesitating to give it back to her. I heard that this handkerchief is still worth some money, and Mu Niangzi doesn't care about these small things. ”

"You stinky boy, do you know that someone else dropped it and is still hiding? I've told you how many times, don't always think about being cheap. As she spoke, a hand touched my ear again.

Sure enough, the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change!

"Auntie, it hurts, it hurts!"

"Go back, do you hear me?"

"Yes, yes, yes." I touched my ears and looked next door: "Auntie, don't always listen to Wang Jiajia's nonsense in the future, I went out to do serious business last night." I'm now, but I'm a quasi-'Sky Eye Secret Agent', hehe, that is, I'm being assessed. When I become a real secret agent, I can reduce my family's taxes by half every year, and I can also get the appreciation of the Qincha to ensure the safety of Xiangzhou......"

"Alright, what time is it? It's still grinding! ”

"Hehe, then I'll go, you don't have to wait for me to eat at noon."

Getting rid of A-Niang, I finally breathed a long sigh of relief. is worthy of being my mother, she really took me to death, and said that she would not interfere with my marriage, but even the flame of love that I had just raised was extinguished by her with a few scoops of cold water.

Fortunately, Mu Niangzi was not there, I received the tofu money from Fu Bo, and while he was not paying attention, I stuffed the ice silk handkerchief into the gap of the counter.

The handkerchief was stolen by Xiao Mu from under Mu Niangzi's bed, he said it was evidence, and I didn't find a reason to return it, but I kept it secretly and always felt like a thief.

I ate a bowl of special clear soup noodles as usual, and just after leaving the inn, I saw a scholar in cloth with his back to me.

Xiao Mu?

I walked quickly towards him, but he hurried into the alley beside him.

It is a three-foot-wide alley that can only be passed by one person, with the side yard of the Jianghu Inn on the left and a pastry shop on the right. The alley is only twenty steps long, and the road bricks on the ground are also some years old, uneven, because the east side of the Jianghu Inn is the street, so there is basically no one to pass from here.

Xiao Mu leaned against the wall and shook the fan, and the hair on his right forehead fluttered in the wind, which made me unconsciously think of Mu Niangzi's bangs.

A-Niang has a saying that is really not accurate, I don't like Wang Jiajia because she has a scar on her face, because Mu Niangzi also has it.

Mu Niangzi has a scar the size of a copper coin on her right forehead, I haven't even noticed it before, presumably she has been covering it with bangs, or pasted a flower, depicting the flower, which is imperceptible. I only saw her dressed as a man yesterday, but it didn't affect her beauty at all.

And Xiao Mu, his hairstyle is actually the same as the hairstyle of Mu Niang's daughter when she dressed as a man, but what is he hiding? I'm sure I can see clearly that there are no scars, no birthmarks, not even moles under his bangs.

"Hey, have you seen enough? Even though I know I'm good-looking, it's uncomfortable for me to keep staring at me like this. I wonder if you're as good as Longyang, can't you fall in love with me? Xiao Mu moved closer to me and said in a strange manner.

"Huh?" I was startled and took a few steps back. I, Li Jianghu, am an upright man, how can I have such a hobby? This Xiao Mu is really narcissistic enough!

"What are you looking for me again? I've already found out, Mu Niangzi is an honest businessman, and those accidents are indeed man-made, but the murderer is not Mu Niangzi, but a woman who likes to wear a white gauze skirt like Mu Niangzi——— Baiyun Fairy. ”

"I know, last night Xu County ordered to report the matter of Wanhualou to Qin Cha, Qin Cha read his transcript, that Qin Zhen died innocently, since he died in the hands of the Jianghu people, he will not be investigated. As for the first few accidents, since the family members of the deceased have no objections, I have not reported them to the Qin Cha again, and there is no need to delay the business because of these scoundrels. ”

"It's fine. Anyway, people are dead, and it's useless to talk about it. I sighed: "These days, I can see that the so-called law, in the final analysis, is still used to bind us ordinary people, where is the real fairness." ”

Xiao Mu smiled slightly: "The law doesn't care about human feelings. is like that Tu Laosan, who eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, and fights outside, and even often punches and kicks his wife, and speaks ill of his mother.

I sneaked into the county office, and unexpectedly uncovered an old case from five years ago: someone accused Tu Laosan of molesting his daughter, and after that, his daughter committed suicide in shame. However, there was no evidence, and Tu Laosan was found not guilty.

Do you feel the need to bring this case up for scrutiny? ”

I was silent for a moment and said, "People are dead, is this still necessary?" Although Tu Laosan is not a good stubble, his mother and mother are honest. Why should they be saddled with the reputation of a murderer's family? ”

For some reason, when I thought of the grief and mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who had regained their lives, I suddenly felt that the White Cloud Fairy was really narrow-minded.

"So what? Don't worry about any laws? Xiao Mu smiled proudly: "It's really rare that you have finally opened up such a dull piece of wood." The law is dead, man is alive, and improvisation is a necessary quality for an agent. Otherwise, when you encounter something in the future, you will first look up the law and wait until you have figured out the rules and regulations......"

I watched Xiao Mu preach in front of me again, and I despised him fiercely in my heart, a down-and-out scholar, didn't he get the appreciation of the Qincha and help the Qincha do something, making himself feel like he was really an official, as if he had analyzed the world thoroughly.

"Hey, can I be a secret agent?" I interrupted Xiao Mu's nagging.

Xiao Mu shook his head: "Not yet." ”

As soon as I heard this, the anger in my heart suddenly burst out: "Why? Didn't you say that? After finding out Mu Niangzi, can I become a secret agent? Are you deliberately fooling me? Or can't you call the shots at all? ”

"I can't be the master? That's what I'm responsible for. I've recruited more than 100 agents, all of whom are very skilled and have already provided me with a lot of information. Seeing that I despised him, Xiao Mu raised his head for a while and defended.

More than a hundred? I think he's exaggerating. We have so many talents in Xiangzhou City? But I'm not bad at Li Jianghu? Why not? Why!